Innovative Vehicle Ideas That Failed Immediately

Rinspeed X-Trem

If there is one company that has made a habit out of crazy ideas, it is Rinspeed. Rinspeed was founded in 1979 by Frank M. Rinderknecht, and they specialize in tuning and modifying Porches and Subarus, as well as producing radical concept cars that never go into production. Despite a bunch of “innovative” designs, their most bizarre creation, the Rinspeed X-Trem, seemed to be aimed at enthusiastic, but lazy, hovercraft owners.

That’s because the X-Trem is an open-top pickup truck with a hovercraft fitted in the back, along with a lift mechanism for unloading it. No more hooking up a trailer to get your floaty fan car to the beach, just jump in your painfully yellow X-Trem and go—a whole five minutes saved!